Sleigh-runner attachment for wheeled vehicles.



ITO-846,174. PAIENTED MAR.5,1907,

A. G. WYETH.

SLBIGH RUNNER ATTACHMENT FOR WHBELED VEHICLES. APPLIUATIOJIIILED my 25.1904.

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PATENTED MAR. 5. 1907.

G. WYETH. SLEIGH RUNNER ATTACHMENT FOR WHEBLED VEHICLES.

APPLIOATION'IILED MAY 28. 1904. I

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SLElGH-RUNNER ATTACHMENT FOR WHEELED VEHICLES.

Specification of Letters Patent.

Patented March 5, 1907.

Application filed May 28,1904. Serial No. 210,163.

T0 00 whom it may concern.-

Be it known that I, AUGUSTUS G. WYETI-I, a citizen of the United States,residing in Newark, county of Licking, State of Ohio, have inventedcertain new and useful Improvements in Sleigh-Runner Attachments forWheeled Vehicles.

My invention relates to improvements in such attachments which providefor an adjustment to a wide or narrow track; also, to provide means topermit the runner to oscillate in order to accommodate itself to theuneven surface of the ground over which it is passing.

One of the greatest objections to sleighrunner attachments has been thatthe sleeve or spindle-covering, owing to its roughness and irregularityof shape, has been subject to the serious objection that it damages andharms the spindle. Not only that, but the sleeves frequently break, asthey are necessarily cored castings and as a consequence are liable toimperfections that are not visible on inspection. Practice has shownthat the methods of constructing the braces in attachments of thischaracter have failed to provide sufficient rigidity in the braces, andnot only that, but the motion of the rods one against another has tendedto turn the bolt and as a natural result loosen the nut which securesthe braces to the spindle-covering.

The object of my invention is to remedy such defects and to provide aspindle-covering which will have a smooth bearing upon the spindle ofthe vehicle and be free from flaws and blow-holes and to accomplish theabove result not only without increasing the cost of construction, butreally providing a more economic construction.

My improved spindle-covering and oscillating clamp which secures theattachment to the vehicle-axle may be used either in connection with arunner wherein the knees, rave, and runner or some of them are made ofwood, and it is also suitable for those wherein they are made of steelor iron. I also have provided for a new and'improved brace to connectthe spindle-covering with the knees, which is formed integral and as aconsequence furnishes perfect rigidity and does not tend to loosen thebolt which secures it to the spindle-covering.

My method of accomplishing the foregoing may be more readily understoodby having reference to the accompanying drawings,

which are hereunto annexed and which are a part of this specification,in which- Figure 1 is a perspective view showing the runner attachmentand the improved spindle-covering and oscillating clamp, having oneflange broken away to show top of the brace-rod. Fig. 2 is an enlargeddetail of the spindle-covering. Fig. 3 is a cross-section taken 011 theline X X in Fig. 2. Fig. 4. is an enlarged detail of the oscillatingclamp. Figs. 5 and 6 are detail views of my improved brace-rod.

Similar letters refer to similar parts throughout the entiredescription.

In the drawings, a is a runner, having knees a and a and a rave a. Wherethe knees and raves are of wood, they have been economically constructedwithout mortise-andtenon joints and firmly secured together by the useof side plates a and T-plates a having flanges a thereon, as shown inFig. 1. These flanges are clasped and clenched down upon the knees, andthe plates are held in place by rivets or bolts (1 The spindle-coveringb, as better shown in the detail views Figs. 2 and 3, is made fromopen-hearth sheet-steel cut and stamped into the proper size and shapedto fit the vehicle-spindle, whereon it is held by the axle-nut b Thespindle-covering is formed in a cylindrical shape, having twodownwardly-depending flanges b These flanges have one or more holes 19to receive the bolt that secures the end of the braces b and b to thespindlecovering. By having two or more boltholes in the flanges therunner attachments are adjustable to a wide or narrow track. Where thereare several braces, the ends of some can beplaced between the twoflanges and the others without, thus making a secure fastening and ofgood bracing strength.

I have found it to be of material advantage to form the braces b asbetter seen in the details, Figs. 5 and 6, of a lug I), having 'anopening 6 through its center, throu h which the boltpasses, whichsecures it to t ie sleeve 6. This lug has two arms 6 formed integraltherewith, which extend to proper places on the knees and are securedthereto by means of rivets or bolts in the customary manner, thusproviding an exceptionally rigid brace for the support of the runner attachment. The runner attachment is secured to the vehicle-axle by meansof an os cillating clamp c, which is mounted and rides between the twoside )lates a It is constructed, as shown in *1g. 4, of two halves c and0", one of which, 0 is formed with a flat circular face 0 whichfurnishes a bearing for the bolt which secures the clamp c to the sideplates a This face has an opening 0 through its center, through whichthe bolt passes which secures it to the side plates, the said boltpivotally connecting the oscillating clamp c to each of the side platesat. The half 0 is formed with inwardly-projecting lugs 0 which preventthe half 0 from becoming disengaged with the half 0 Bosses c are formedon the outer sides of the two halves c and 0 These bosses are formedwith an opening through the center thereof to permit the passage of thebolt 0 which secures the oscillating clamp c to the vehicle aXle. Thesides 0 and 0 also have feet or base parts a, which will strike the raveand in this manner prevent the runner from turning over forward orbackward.

Having described my invention, what I regard as new, and desire tosecure by Let ters Patent, is

1. In a runner attachment for wheeled vehicles, the combination of anoscillating clamp formed in two pieces, means to permit said clamp torock upon the bolt which secures it to the runner attachment, aspindle-covering of tubular construction formed of sheet metal formedwith one or two downwardly-extending flanges, said flanges having aplurality of bolt-holes therein to permit of a lateral adjustment of therunner attachment, a brace secured to said flanges having two armsextending from the spindle-covering to the knees, said brace beingformed with a lug at its u per end, said lug having an opening throughits center to permit the the spindle-covering, said lug and arms beingformed integral, for the purpose set forth substantially as described.

2. The combination, in a sleigh-runner attachment for wheeled vehicles,of the sleeve 1) said sleeve being stamped from sheet-steel havingflanges b the said flanges having a plurality of bolt-holes therein, theside plates a and the T-plates (1, the braces l) and 6 running from theknees and rave of the sleigh-runner to the flanges of the sleeve 1),means to secure said braces to said flanges, the clamp 0, means tosecure said clamp to the vehicle-axle, means to permit said clamp tooscillate and means to prevent the runner turning over, for the purposeset forth substantially as described.

In testimony whereof I have hereunto set my hand this 27th day of April,1904.

AUGUSTUS G. VVYETH.

Witnesses:

N. MoKUsIoK, J. H. CARROLL.

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